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265 reviews
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Xenophobia
Minor: Racism
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Excrement and Vomit
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Racism, Violence, and Dysphoria
Minor: Genocide and Colonisation
4.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Genocide, Xenophobia, and War
3.75
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Religious bigotry
4.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Moderate: Gore and Sexual content
Minor: Misogyny and Sexism
3.5
I’m one of those crotchety 25 year olds that really doesn’t like having kids/teens as significant characters in non-kids’ media. Honestly I’m really questioning why Lilia & Roh had to be like 15/16. Especially with how I felt it made no sense for ones so young to be given their responsibilities, also the ick factor of their “relationships” would’ve been avoided if they were bumped up to early 20s. That’s just me I freaking hate kids lol.
The Dhai poly stuff didn’t annoy me as much as it usually would. Probably because it wasn’t presented as a romance or “good” but a weird cultural thing. It was honestly so excessive too that I really couldn’t take it seriously enough to be annoyed with it. A poly relationship with 3 people sure, but marriages involving double digits??? Nah that’s crazy.
The Reverse Patriarchy of Dorinah was interesting to say the least. I’m equally disturbed by the people who think the author is some anti male feminazi writing out some revenge fantasy AND the people who do uncritically enjoy it as a “sexy” revenge thing. Both are gross. Hurley has written that she doesn’t buy into the “benevolent matriarchy”, that just because women as a class (not individual women) are in charge that doesn’t mean the society will be better for it. So she decided to portray a matriarchy that’s as putrid as all the other male dominated cultures we see. It also exposes some readers’ bias. When there’re fantasy stories with femicide, young girls being sold into child sexual slavery, rampant rape, and being victims of abusive men, nobody bats an eye. It’s seen as “normal” “just how things are” and those who criticise them are being sjws complaining about nothing. But flip the genders and suddenly people get that it’s wrong. I do feel that it got a bit extreme in getting its point across, there were aspects that just kept piling on that made me go “I get it!”
I loved Taigan he/she/ze wa Awesome. Go imortal amoral genderfluid assassin mage! Go!
The setting and worldbuilding was classic Hurley; queer, original and squishy.
Really appreciated the gnarly elements AND the appendix/glossary. Hurley knew she was throwing a lot of fantasy bullshit at the audience and prepared accordingly.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War
Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Excrement, and Vomit
2.25
Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Sexual content
Moderate: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual harassment
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Homophobia